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OFFICIAL 

POLO GUIDE 




Playing Rules of Western Polo Leagues, 

AND NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND, AND MASSACHUSETTS 
POLO LEAGUES, 

WITH FULL 

Information and Instructions for Playing Polo. 



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Copyright, M. C. Henley, 1885. 



M. CULLATON & CO. 

PRINTERS, 

RICHMOND, IND. 



INTRODUCTION. 




(^.HE Henley Official Polo Guide has 
<J been prepared with great care and compiled 
from all rules recently revised and issued by 
all leading Polo leagues, and is offered to the 
public as the very best possible authority for 
this very popular game. 

I endeavor also herein to give all required 
information and instruction to enable all per- 
sons to play the game understandingly and cor- 
rectly. 







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POLO 



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HE Game of Polo was originally played 
\J on horseback, and was a very popular game 
among the British officers in India fifteen or 
twenty years ago. It was introduced into this 
country about a dozen years since, and in New 
York and several other large cities fine clubs 
were organized and elegant grounds secured, 
and the games played attracted much attention 
and were well patronized. 

Polo on roller skates was first played by reg- 
ular clubs in 1878, and has rapidly increased in 
public favor, until now every good roller skating 
rink has a well organized club. 

When properly played. Polo is a very excit- 
ing and interesting game to both players and 
spectators. As a proof of this and its great pop- 
ularity, it is only necessary to call attention to 
the fact that on nights when Polo is played the 



b HENLEY'S OFFICIAL, POLO GUIDE. 

rinks are crowded, not only by skaters, but by 
people who go only to see the game, which 
speaks greatly in its favor. 

Polo should be played by keeping the ball as 
much as possible on the surface, and not driving 
it through the air, as in shinney or base ball. 
Keeping it upon the floor makes a better and 
m.ore interesting game, and requires more skill, 
ability and judgment. A game thus played is 
without danger to the spectators, a fact which 
demands consideration, as the future of Polo 
depends much upon the manner in which it is 
regarded by the public. If it is looked upon as 
dangerous, which fact cannot be denied if the 
ball is knocked about in the air regardless of 
people in the audience, there will be a popular 
feeling created against the game, rinks will not 
draw sufficiently to pay, owners and managers 
will be obliged to abolish it, and Polo will be- 
come extinct. 

It is too noble a game to be sacrificed in such 
a manner by a few who desire to play a rough 
game by niain strength only, without skill or 
science, upon which depends the future of the 
game. All roughness must be avoided, and 
every effort put forth to make it truly scientific; 
no game will meet with universal approval in 
which strength and roughness predominate. It 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 7 

requires study and careful attention, and must 
be brought within reasonable limits; rough play- 
ing may please a few, but it meets with disap- 
proval among the more refined classes, to which 
the rinks look for their patrons. 

The game, as it has been played by some, 
with sticks heavy enough for base ball bats, and 
upon skates mounted with small pieces of rub- 
ber, which would not turn, and on which the 
pla3'ers ran and stopped as readily as if they 
were in rubber-soled sHppers, and were allowed 
to kneel, sit, or lie down, and stop the ball m 
any way whatever, was no game of Polo; it was 
simply a rough-and-tumble game of Hockey, in 
which the most muscular team usually came out 
the best. 

It is pleasing to note the vast improvements 
made in the game within a year. Rough play- 
ing is being rapidly done away with, and science 
is taking its place. Light sticks have been 
adopted; the men must all play upon their 
skates, which must be of the ordinary rink 
kind, with no extra fittings, and must be mount- 
ed with plain, revolving boxwood rollers. This 
is a move in the right direction, and is fully ap- 
preciated by its admirers. 



HINTS. 



^)rEVIOUS to any detailed rules in the 
game of Polo, a few hints to players 



may not come amiss, and while intended 
more especially for the Polo player, the general 
skater will find something to his interest, and 
perhaps advancement, in the art of skating. 

The art of turning short, stopping, backing, 
etc., must be learned; a beginner on skates has 
but little chance with better skaters. 

Good judgment and quickness are most re- 
quired to make a good player; strength is of 
less consequence. A small man possessing 
these will completely outplay a much larger 
and stronger one without them. 

A good player must play equally well either 
right or left handed, as the ball is as likely to be 
on one side as the other. 

One handed playing is recommended, al- 
though occasions offer sometimes a better play 
with both; in such case a player must use his 
own judgment, and that quickly, as there is sel- 
dom much time for consideration. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 9 

The tactics employed in foot-ball are of much 
service to the Polo player. 

The ball should be kept upon the surface as 
much as possible, low play being an important 
feature of the game. Better and more satisfac- 
tory play may be made with passing and light 
work upon the surface than hard hitting and 
batting the ball into the air. The aim in Polo 
is to interest the spectators, hence you should 
endeavor in every way to please them. They 
do not appreciate a game in which they are mo- 
mentarily expecting to be struck by the ball. 

It is much better to keep the ball well in hand 
with gentle and light work, and when hard 
pressed pass it to another player of your own 
side, than to go knocking it about at random 
and playing without much care or calculation, 
as it is more likely to fall into an opponent's 
hands than those of your own men. 

Do not strike or injure a player if it can pos- 
sibly be avoided. 

New players are apt sometimes to commit 
fouls unintentionally through force of habit or 
excitement by throwing up their hands to stop a 
ball which may pass near them; this should be 
avoided, as it scores against them if they suc- 
ceed in touching the ball in any such way. 

There is also a strong inclination to strike the 



10 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

ball after you have slipped down, which is also 
a foul. The first thing to do after slipping so 
as to touch the surface is to regain your feet 
before attempting any play. 

Avoid all ill feeling, and if you get hit, and it 
be accidentally, do not seek to retahate, but let 
it pass without notice; if it be intentionally, re- 
port it at once to the referee, to whom all com- 
plaints should be made, and whose duty it is to 
settle all points of dispute. 

Whenever a discussion arises all the players 
should fall back and let the matter be settled 
between the respective captains, judges, and 
referee, unless called upon by the referee. 

Gloves on the right hand effectually protect 
the knuckles and back of the hand against 
bruises. 

Most goals are made by knocking the ball 
from one side of the rink through the goal, just 
inside and close to the post on the same side. 
The reason for this is that it is the most difficult 
part to guard, as it is almost impossible for 
the goal tender to get close enough so that there 
will not be a small space between him and the 
goal post. He should be constantly on the 
watch, and as soon as the ball passes to one side 
advance a Httle and face toward the ball. When- 
ever the ball passes back of the goal, the goal 



HENLEV'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 11 

tender must be sure and step back of the goal 
line, so that if the ball is struck through from 
the back it cannot hit his skates or person, and 
rebound across the line from the front. But as 
soon as the ball is moved front of the goal again 
he must change quickly and cover the line from 
the front, for if he is back of the line and the 
ball struck from the front strikes his person it 
is a goal. 

Do not try to rush a goal unless there is a 
fair chance of success. Better keep the ball in 
the hands of your own men near your oppo- 
nents' goal until an opportunity presents itself- 
then take the risk of a chance hit. 

A carom on the side of the rink is of much 
service, especially when hard pressed. It often 
deceives and bothers your opponents, who are 
not expecting it, and do not know at what angle 
the ball will rebound. 

Blocking, when properly done, is a valuable 
point, but should be accomplished without 
roughness. In doing it do not run into a player 
under any circumstances, but simply place your- 
self in his way so that he cannot go in the di- 
rection he desires. It is an easy matter if he 
is going for the ball, as he will naturally take a 
straight course ; but if he has the ball already in 
his possession it will be somewhat harder, as he 



12 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

will be on the lookout. If you are playing the 
ball, always endeavor to keep yourself between 
the ball and any opponent who may charge in 
for a tussle; by so doing you will effectually 
block him and often save the ball, when perhaps 
otherwise you would have lost it. 

In facing for the ball the players must stand 
with their backs to the side of the rink and 
facing the ball, one on each side, with their 
sticks generally touching the ball, and at the 
signal commence play by tussling for it; the 
other players taking whatever position they 
choose. By this means one player has no ad- 
vantage over the other, except what he may 
possess by superior skill, quickness, or agility. 

There are many little tricks which may be 
used in facing, and which become apparent to 
a man as he plays, such as passing the ball 
through your own or your opponent's legs for 
one of your own men to take, scooping it over 
his stick, etc. As a rule the player facing can- 
not play the ball far, as he is apt to be hard 
pressed, so that the sooner he passes it to an- 
other who has a more open chance the better. 

For hard, direct hitting, turn the stick slightly 
so as to bring the convex side in contact with 
the ball. 

If the ball is in a position that does not per- 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL. POLO GUIDE. 13 

mit a straight stroke, it should be struck with 
the concave side, with a sort of hooking mo- 
tion, in which with practice one may become 
very expert. 

To take a ball when being knocked across 
the floor and turn it from its course to that of 
another, use the concave side, as it is much 
surer and more under control of the player. 

There is also a way of striking almost straight 
down upon the ball, by which it may be moved 
a little in any direction desired. This is a very 
good play at times, when the ball is surrounded, 
or there is a player in the way of a side stroke, 
as it brings the ball out where you can get a 
more open chance at it, and gives your oppo- 
nents no idea in what direction it is going. This 
is a play that requires skill and practice, but 
when once acquired is very useful, as it is en 
tirely under the control of the player 

Many little scoops may be brought into play 
by which the ball may be slightly lifted off the 
floor so as to pass over an opponent's stick or 
skates. To do this place the crook of the 
stick on the floor with the concave side against 
the ball, then without withdrawing it, make a 
scooping motion, in the direction in which the 
ball is desired to go, which if properly done will 
cause the ball to rise a few inches and drop to 



14 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

the floor again, a little in advance, according to 
the amount of force put into the effort. If it 
is desirable to lift the ball still higher or with 
more force, use the convex side very much as 
you would a shovel. 

In playing the game do not try to do too 
much individual work, but pass the ball from 
one to another. 




TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN POLO. 



Ball Out. — ^Whenever the ball leaves the 
playing surface and remains there. 

Blocking. — Getting in the way of a player 
and preventing his getting the ball or making 
play. 

Carom. — The ball striking the side of the 
rink or any obstacle and rebounding. 

Draw. — A game in which neither team wins 
the prescribed number of goals. 

Facing. — Two players, one from each team, 
taking positions, one on each side of the ball, 
(generally with the sticks touching it), which 
has been placed for play after a call of foul, 
ready to commence play at the signal. 

Foul. — A liberty taken by a player during a 
game which is forbidden by the rules. 

Game Called. — The game suspended at any 
time by the referee. 

Goal. — The passage of the ball through the 
goal under the prescribed restrictions. 

Passing. — Playing the ball to another player 
of the same side. 

Play. — The time in which the teams are ac- 
tively engaged upon the floor; also the act of 
manoeuvring the ball. 




Diagram of Polo Surface. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 17 



EXPLANATION OF DIAGEAM. 



The illustration shows the two methods of 
laying off a surface for Polo now in general use ; 
but as rinks differ so much in size and shape 
it is impossible to give any arbitrary rule. Each 
one marks his rink as best suits its size and 
shape, but experience has shown that usually 
one or the other of these two methods is the 
best, although it may sometimes be desirable to 
make some variations, which may be decided 
upon by the managers. 

The only positive rule is to be sure to have 
the spots at one end to correspond exactly with 
those at the other as regards position, advan- 
tages, etc. 

By looking at the diagram there will be seen 
fourteen spots at each end near each goal 
(which represent the stations for players before 
the signal is given to charge the ball). This 
was done for convenience, so that the two 
methods might be shown in one diagram. Seven 
spots are used, one for each man, and should 
be plainly marked, as also should be the goal 
line, goal circle, and a line around the base of 
each goal post. 

If the rink is large, use the six spots in ad- 
vance of each goal for the players to charge 
from, but if small use the six on the line with 
the goal posts. 



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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, 

Usually Adopted by Polo Clubs. 



Article I. The Association shall be known 
as -— . 

Art. II. The object of the Association 
shall be the encouragement of generous rivalry 
among clubs in the development of skill and 
interest in the game of polo on roller skates. 

Art. III. Any club shall be eligible to mem- 
bership in the Association whose individual 
members are selected by the tests of good 
moral character and gentlemanly bearing. 

Art. IV. The officers of the Association 
shall consist of a President, Vice-President, 
Secretary, Treasurer, and two Directors, who 
shall also constitute the Executive Committee. 

Art. V. No one of these articles shall be 
altered, amended, or rescinded, except by a 
two-thirds vote of the clubs which are active 
members of the Association, and the Execu- 
tive Committee, who shall have the same rights 
in voting as active clubs. 

Art. VI. The annual meeting of this Asso- 
ciation shall be held in , on the , at 

which all officers shall be chosen by ballot. 



BY-LAWS. 



Article I. The Executive Committee shall 
manage the affairs of the Association, fill such 
vacancies as may occur in the offices of the 
Association until the time of the next annual 
meeting, and decide and regulate the admis- 
sion of new clubs. 

Art, II. A quorum of the Executive Com- 
mittee shall consist of three members. 

Art. III. The Executive Committee shall 
for their government make by-laws, rules, and 
regulations from time to time, and inquire into 
and report upon all infractions of the rules and 
regulations of the Association, by any of the 
clubs belonging to it. 

Art. IV. The President, or, in his absence, 
the Vice-President, shall preside at all the meet- 
ings of the Association, and shall authorize the 
call of all meetings of the Executive Commit- 
tee, upon the request of any three members of 
the committee. 

Art. V. The Secretary of the Association 
shall notify each member of the Executive Com- 
mittee of its meetings, and each member of the 
Association of every meeting of the Associa- 
tion. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 21 

Art. VI. The Treasurer shall have charge 
of all the funds of the Association, and shall 
pay all bills approved by two members of the 
Executive Committee, who shall be selected by 
the Executive Committee as a finance commit- 
tee. 

Art. VII. All games shall be played under 

the rules adopted by the League of Polo 

Clubs; no club playing under other rules shall be 
allowed to enter or retain its membership in this 
Association, and no game shall be played by 
any league club during the championship sea- 
son, except on schedule dates. 

Art. VIII. The active clubs of the Associ- 
ation shall be those selected by the Executive 
Committee to compete for the prizes in the 
league tournament offered by the Association, 

which for the season of shall consist of 

clubs. 

Art. IX. All other clubs joining this Asso- 
ciation shall be entitled to all its privileges and 
to vote on all questions, excepting those relat- 
ing to changes in the constitution and by-laws. 

Art. X. Immediately after each match, the 
Secretary of the winning club shall prepare a 
summary of the contest, which shall contain 
the names of the players, referee, judges, and 
time-keeper, the number and order of goals 



22 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

won by each team, and the time occupied in 
playing for each goal, which shall be indorsed by 
the referee and promptly mailed to the Secre- 
tary of the league. 

Art. XI. If after the completion of a game, 
and the decision of a referee, either club has 
reasonable cause for dissatisfaction with the 
rulings of the referee, they may, by submitting 
a formal complaint to the Executive Commit- 
tee, signed by the captain of the team, stating 
their reasons for the complaint, have the matter 
decided by the Executive Committee; but no 
club shall have the right to enter a complaint 
that does not abide by the decision of the ref- 
eree, and play the game out under his direction. 
Any club refusing to complete a game shall be 
liable to expulsion. 

Art. XII. No rink manager belonging to 
the League of Polo Clubs is allowed to en- 
gage any player connected with any other club 
in said league without such player has been 
granted a written release from the manager of 
the rink with which he has been connected. 



PLAYING RULES. 



WESTERN LEAGUE RULES. 



Rule i. Each team shall consist of seven 
players, to be designated as follows : One goal 
tend, two half-backs, one cover-point, one point, 
two rushers. 

Rule 2. The ball shall be the Henley Reg- 
ulation Polo Ball. The sticks shall not exceed 
four feet in length or one inch in diameter, 
and shall not exceed sixteen ounces in weight. 

Rule 3. The goals shall be the Henley cage 
goal, and shall be three feet in height, and six 
feet in width, and the front end of the cage shall 
be placed not less than ten feet from the end of 
the surface; or the goals may be composed of 
two upright posts, three feet high, and not more 
than two inches in diameter, set in bases not 
over ten inches in diameter and two inches 
thick. They shall be placed in line, six feet 
apart, measuring from the posts, and not less 
than ten feet from the end of the surface. 

Rule 4. No person shall play a champion- 
ship match who has played on any other team 
within thirty days previous to the match, and he 



24 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

must also have been a regular member of the team 
during the above time, unless by consent given, 
in the presence of the referee, by the captains. 

Rule 5. No player except the goal tend 
shall be allowed within the circle, the diameter 
of which shall be the distance between the goal 
posts, except at such times as the ball may be 
within the said circle. Only one person shall 
tend goal at a time. 

Rule 6. There shall be a referee, chosen 
by the captains, two judges for each side, and a 
time keeper. A judge from each side shall 
stand behind each goal. No person but the 
players, referee and judges shall be permitted 
on the surface during the match unless assist- 
ance is to be rendered in case of accident, or un- 
less by mutual consent of the captains contend- 
ing, or unless upon mutual invitation of the 
captains and referee. The referee shall start 
and call the game, and settle all disputed points. 
If a championship match is prolonged, and 
neither side is adjudged a winner, he shall call 
the game and postpone the match to some defi- 
nite time within thirty days. The judges at 
each goal shall determine when a goal is won, 
except in case of disagreement between them, 
and then the referee may determine the matter. 

Rule 7. The referee shall toss for the posi- 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAJ. POLO GUIDE. 25 

tion of the teams in presence of the captains, 
and the positions shall be reversed after each 
goal. 

Rule 8. To start the game, the ball shall 
be placed at the middle of a straight line drawn 
through the center of each goal, and at the 
whistle of the referee shall be charged upon by 
a player from each team. 

Rule 9. To constitute a championship match 
three out of five goals must be won by one of 
the competing teams, unless a different agree- 
ment be made by the captains, in presence of 
the referee, previous to the beginning of the 
match. Unless a goal be won meantime the 
referee shall call game at the end of a half 
hour. The rests between goals or when play is 
called at the half hour limit shall not be over 
five minutes. If three out of five goals be the 
game played, if at the final call of game by 
the referee one team shall have won the major- 
ity of goals to none for the other, the winners 
of the majority shall be called winners of the 
match. If there be a postponement by the 
referee the match shall be renewed where it 
terminated, but the personnel of such team must 
be the same. 

Rule 10. A goal is won by the passage of 
a ball from the front, between the goal posts 



26 HENIiEY'S OFFICIAL. POLO GUIDE. 

below the top of the same. If by accident one 
or both of the goal posts should be knocked 
over, and it is apparent that the ball passed 
through the proper bounds, it shall be a goal. 

Rule it. If the ball go out of bounds the 
referee shall blow his whistle to call game, and 
place the ball at the point opposite where it 
went out, at least four feet from the rail. In 
re-commencing play, the players must stand in 
position to knock the ball lengthwise of the sur- 
face, with their backs toward the sides. 

Rule t2. Game shall be called by the ref- 
eree whenever a foul occurs, or whenever one is 
claimed, unless the referee is satisfied, by his 
own observation at the moment, that no just 
claim exists. Upon a claim of foul if game is 
to be renewed, the ball must be placed where 
the foul occurred. 

Rule 13. It shall be deemed a foul: i, If 
any player stop or strike the ball when any part 
of his person is touching the surface; 2, If any 
player catch or bat the ball with his hands or 
arms; 3, If any player, save the goal tend, 
who may do so, kick the ball with his foot or 
skate, though he may stop the ball with either ; 
4, If any player strikes down the stick of his 
opponent, or if any player trip or strike another 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 27 

intentionally, or if any player throw his stick at 
the ball or in the pathway of a player. 

Rule 14. Any act by any player that is man- 
ifestly intended as an unwarrantable interfer- 
ence by one player with another may be de- 
clared a foul by the referee, upon complaint by 
the captain of the offended side. 

Rule 15. Three fouls, other than when the 
ball leaves the bounds, made by either side 
during a contest for a goal, shall constitute a 
goal for the opposing side. 

Rule 16. If the referee decide that a foul 
by the goal tend prevented a goal from being 
made, it shall be adjudged as a goal for the op- 
posite team. 

Rule 17. If any club refuses to abide by 
the decision of the referee, which, in all cases, 
shall be final, the game shall be declared for- 
feited to the opposing club. 

Rule 18. In case of an injury to any player, 
a substitute may be appointed. The men must 
all play upon their skates, which must be of 
the ordinary rink or club kind, with no extra 
fittings, and must be mounted with plain revolv- 
ing boxwood rollers. 



28 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL, POLO GUIDE. 

RULES OF THE OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE, 
ADOPTED 1885. 



Rule i. Each team shall consist of seven 
players, to be designated as follows : One goal- 
tend, two half-backs, one cover-point, one point, 
and two rushers. 

Rule 2. The ball shall be the regulation 
rubber-covered polo ball. The stick shall not 
exceed four feet in length, or one inch in diam- 
eter, and shall not exceed sixteen ounces in 
weight. The crook of the stick shall not be 
covered with any twine, leather, or metallic 
substance. 

Rule 3. The goal shall be the cage goal, 
and shall be three feet in height and six feet in 
width, and the front end of the cage shall be 
placed not less than ten feet from the end of 
the surface. 

Rule 4. Only one person shall tend goal at 
a time. 

Rule 5. With the center of the goal line as 
a center, a half circle shall be described, whose 
radius shall be three feet. It shall be drawn in 
front of the goal line, and no player on either 
side, save the goal-tend, who is guarding the 
goal, shall be allowed inside the circle, except 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 29 

at such times as the ball may be within said 
circle. 

Rule 6. There shall be an official referee, 
and also two official time-keepers, one from 
each club. No person but the referee shall be 
permitted on the surface during a match, unless 
assistance is to be rendered in case of accident. 

Rule 7. The referee shall toss for the posi- 
tions of the teams in the presence of the cap- 
tains, and the positions shall be reversed after 
each goal. He shall also start and call game, 
and settle all disputed points. If a match is 
prolonged and neither side adjudged winner, he 
shall call the game and postpone the match 
until some definite time within thirty days. If 
there be a postponement by the referee, the 
match shall be played over again and the per- 
sonnel of each team shall be the same. 

Rule 8. To start the game the ball shall be 
placed in the center of a straight line drawn 
through the center of each goal; the referee 
shall give a warning whistle before the ball is 
spotted, and the starting whistle shall be blown 
without any visible motion. In case either 
rusher starts before the whistle is blown, both 
clubs shall be recalled and another start made. 
In all cases the rusher must start from a point 
on the left hand side of the goal; only one 



30 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

player from each team shall charge on the ball 
at the start. 

Rule 9. To constitute a match, three out 
of five goals must be won by one of the com- 
peting teams, unless a different agreement be 
made by the captains, in presence of the ref- 
eree, previous to the beginning of the match. 
The rests between goals shall not exceed five 
minutes. The actual playing time shall be 
thirty minutes. If at the end of a half hour, 
neither team has the required number of goals, 
the one having the majority shall be declared 
the winner. 

Rule 10. A goal is won by the passage of 
the ball into the cage, where it must remain 
until removed by the referee. If any player 
shall interfere with the ball when it is in the cage, 
or remove or attempt to remove the ball from 
the cage, the goal shall be given to the oppos- 
ing team, and he shall be ordered off the floor, 
and no substitute shall be allowed in his place. 

Rule ii. If the ball go out of bounds, the 
referee shall blow his whistle to call time and 
place the ball at a point opposite where it went 
out, four feet from the rail, and blow warning 
and starting whistles to commence play. 

Rule 12. Game shall be called by the ref- 
eree whenever a foul occurs, or whenever a foul 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 31 

is claimed, unless the referee is satisfied from 
hi? own observations at the moment that no just 
claim exists. Game shall be called by the ref- 
eree whenever any player calls for time on ac- 
count of injury to himself; but whether game 
be called or not, either for foul or injury, the 
play shall not be considered stopped until ref- 
eree's whistle is blown. Upon claim of foul 
the ball shall be placed where the foul occurred. 
Game shall not be called on account of injury 
to skates or in case they should come off. 

Rule 13. It shall be deemed a foul: i. If 
any player stop or strike the ball when any part 
of his person is touching the surface; 2, If any 
player catch, bat, or play the ball with his hands 
or arms; 3, If any player, except the goal- 
tend, who may do so, kick the ball with his foot 
or skate, though he may stop it with either; 4, 
If any player strike down upon the stick of an 
opponent; 5, If any player push his stick be- 
tween another player's arms and body; 6, If 
any player trip or strike another player inten- 
tionally; 7, If any player throw his stick at the 
ball or in the pathway of another player ; 8, If 
any player run against another and knock him 
down intentionally, or pull another with his 
hands. 

Rule 14. A referee shall not make known 



32 HENIiEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

his assignment for a contest before he reports 
for duty at the place of such contest. 

Rule 15. If the referee decide a foul pre- 
vented a goal from being made, it shall be ad- 
judged a goal for the opposite side. 

Rule 16. If any club refuse to abide by the 
decision of the referee, which in all cases shall 
be final, the game shall be forfeited to the op- 
posing club. 

Rule 17. In case of injury to any player, 
one of the regular substitues may take his place. 

Rule 18. Any player who shall show con 
duct unbecoming a gentleman, during the pro- 
gress of a league game, shall be removed from 
the surface by the referee and suspended from 
further playing until after a hearing by the Exec- 
utive Committee. 

Rule 19. No roller but boxwood or herma- 
cite shall be used in a championship match. 

Rule 20. Before each game the referee shall 
examine the skates of both clubs, and if any 
member of either club should have skates in- 
fringing on Rule 19, he shall be ordered off the 
floor and no substitute allowed in his place. 

Rule 21. When a dispute arises on the floor, 
the members of both teams, except the two cap- 
tains, shall fall back to their places, and take no 



HEXLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 33 

])art in the discussion, unless called upon by 
the referee. 

Rule 22. If for any reason the league sched- 
ule game cannot be played, an exhibition game 
shall be played, and any club refusing to play 
such game shall forfeit its rights and privileges 
in the league. 

Rule 23. In case of injury to any player, 
one of the regular substitutes may take his 
place, and in case of sickness or inability of 
the regular substitute, any substitute may be 
selected, with the consent of the opposing cap- 
tain, given in the presence of the referee. 

Rule 24. If any club refuses to play a 
schedule game, or to abide by the decision of 
the referee, which in all cases shall be final, they 
shall forfeit the game and be liable to expulsion 
from the league. 

Rule 25. All games shall be called before 
9 p. M., unless unavoidable delays occur. 

Rule 26. Before charging for the ball, the 
opposing sides shall be upon a hne with the 
mouth of their respective goals, and the men 
that charge the ball shall start from spots three 
feet to the left of the end of the mouth of the goal. 

Rule 27. The Executive Committee shall 
have power to suspend or dismiss any referee 
for cause and appoint a new one in his place. 



34 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO &UIDE. 

Rule 28. Any or all of the above rules may 
be changed by a two-thirds vote of the clubs 
who are active members of the league and the 
Executive Committee, who shall have the same 
right in voting as the clubs. 



RULES OF THE NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE, 

And used by nearly all prominent Clubs 
throughout the United States. 



Rule i. Each team shall consist of seven 
players, to be designated as follows : One goal- 
tend; two half-backs; one cover-point; one 
point; two rushers. 

Rule 2. The ball shall be the regulation 
rubber-covered polo ball. The sticks shall not 
exceed four feet in length, or one inch in diame- 
ter, and shall not exceed sixteen ounces in weight. 

Rule 3. The goal shall be the cage goal, 
and shall be three feet in height and six feet in 
width, and the front end of the cage shall be 
placed not less than ten feet from the end of the 
surface. Or the goals may be composed of 
two upright posts, three feet high, and not 
more than two inches in diameter, set in blocks 
not over ten inches square and two inches 
thick. They shall be placed in line, six feet 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 35 

apart, measuring from the posts, and not less 
than ten feet from the end of the surface. 

Rule 4. No person shall play in a champ- 
ionship match who has played on any other 
team in a championship match within thirty 
days previous to the match; and he must also 
have been a regular member of the team during 
the above time, unless by consent given, in the 
presence of the referee, by the captains. 

Rule 5. Only one person shall tend goal 
at a time. 

Rule 6. No player except the goal tend 
shall be allowed within a circle, the diameter of 
which shall be the distance between the goal 
posts, except at such times as the ball may be 
within said circle. 

Rule 7. There shall be a referee, chosen 
by the captains, two judges for each side, 
and a time-keeper. A judge from each side 
shall stand behind each goal. No persons but the 
players, referee and judges shall be permitted on 
the surface during a match, unless assistance is to 
be rendered in case of accident, or unless upon 
mutual invitation of the captains and referee. 
The referee shall start and call the game, and 
settle all disputed points. If a championship 
match is prolonged and neither side is adjudged 
the winner, he shall call the game and postpone 



36 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

the match to some definite time within thirty 
days. The judges at each goal shall determine 
when a goal is won, except in case of a disagree- 
ment between them, and then the referee may 
determine the matter. 

Rule 8. The referee shall toss for the po- 
sitions of the teams in presence of the cap- 
tains, and the positions shall be reversed after 
each goal. 

Rule 9. To start the game, the ball shall 
be placed at the middle of a straight line drawn 
through the center of each goal, and at the 
whistle of the referee shall be charged upon by 
a player from each team. 

Rule 10. To constitute a championship 
match three out of five goals must be won by 
one of the competing teams, unless a different 
agreement be made by the captains, in presence 
of the referee, previous to the beginning of the 
match. Unless a goal be won meantime, the 
referee shall call game at the end of each half 
hour. The rests between goals, or when play 
is called at the half hour limit, shall not be over 
five minutes. If three out of five goals be the 
game played, if, at the final call of game by the 
referee, one team shall have won two goals to 
none for the other, the winners of the two goals 
shall be considered winners of the match. If 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL. POLO GUIDE. 87 

there be a postponement by the referee, the 
match shall be renewed where it terminated; 
but the personnel of each team must be the 
same. 

Rule it. A goal is won by the passage of 
the ball from the front, between the goal posts 
below the top of the same. If by accident, 
one or both of the goal posts should be knocked 
over, and it is apparent that the ball passed 
through the proper bounds, it shall be a goal. 

Rule 12. If the ball go out of bounds the 
referee shall blow his whistle to call game, and 
place the ball at the point opposite where it 
went out, at least four feet from the rail. In 
recommencing play, the players who do so 
must stand in position to knock the ball length- 
wise of the surface, with their backs toward 
the sides. 

Rule 13. Game shall be called by the 
referee whenever a foul occurs, or whenever 
one is claimed, unless the referee is satisfied, 
by his own observation at the moment, that no 
just claim exists. Upon a claim of foul, if game 
is to be renewed, the ball must be placed where 
the foul occurred. 

Rule 14. It shall be deemed a foul: i, if 
any player stop or strike the ball when any 
part of his person is touching the surface; 



38 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

2, if any player catch or bat the ball with 
his hands or arms; 3, if any player, save the 
goal-tend, who may do so, kick the ball with 
his foot or skate, though he may stop the ball 
with either. 

Rule 15. Any act by any player that is 
manifestly intended as an unwarrantable inter- 
ference by one player with another, may be 
declared a foul by the referee, upon complaint 
by the captain of the offended side. 

Rule 16. Three fouls, other than when the 
ball leaves the bounds, made by either side, 
during a contest for a goal, shall constitute a 
goal for the opposing side. 

Rule 17. If the referee decides that a 
foul by the goal-tend prevented a goal from 
being made, it shall be adjudged as a goal for 
the opposite team. 

Rule 18. If any club refuses to abide by 
the decision of the referee, which, in all cases, 
shall be final, the game shall be declared for- 
feited to the opposing club. 

Rule 19. In case of an injury to any player 
a substitute may be appointed. 

Rule 20. All games shall be played upon 
regular rink skates, without any extra appli- 
ances, and having plain revolving boxwood 
rollers, and no others will be allowed. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 39 



RULES FOR THE NEW YORK LEAGUE. 



Rule i. Each team shall consist of six play- 
ers, to be designated as follows : One goal-tend, 
two half-backs, one cover-point, two rushers. 

Rule 2. The ball shall be the regulation 
rubber-covered polo ball. 

Rule 3. The sticks shall not exceed four 
feet in length, and one and one-eighth inches 
diameter, or sixteen ounces in weight. 

Rule 4. The goal shall be the cage goal, 
and shall be three feet in height, and six feet 
in width, and the front €nd of the cage shall 
be placed not less than ten feet from the end of 
the surface. Or the goal may be the regulation 
goal, three feet high and five feet long. 

Rule 5. No person shall play in a cham- 
pionship match who has played in any other 
team in this association in a championship 
match within thirty days previous to the match, 
and he must also have been a regular member 
of the team not less than fifteen days before 
said match, unless by consent given, in the pres- 
ence of the referee, by the captains. 

Rule 6. No player, except the goal-tend, 
shall be allowed within a semi-circle plainly in- 
dicated in front of the goal, the radius of which 
must be five feet from the center of the goal 



40 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

line, except at such times as the ball may be 
within the said semi-circle. 

Rule 7. There shall be an official referee, 
and also a time-keeper. No person but the 
players and referee shall be permitted on the 
surface during the match, unless assistance is to 
be rendered in case of accident, or unless 
upon mutual invitation of the captains and ref- 
eree. The referee shall start and call the game, 
and settle all disputed points. If a champion- 
ship match is prolonged, and neitcher side ad- 
judged a winner, he shall call the game, and 
postpone the match to some definite time 
within thirty days. 

Rule 8. There shall be a corps of official 
referees, appointed by the Board of Directors. 
If an official referee fails to appear at any game, 
there shall be a referee appointed by the mana- 
ger of the home rink, but said referee must not 
be connected in any way with said home rink. 

Rule 9. The referee shall toss for positions 
of the team in the presence of the captains, and 
the positions shall be reversed after each goal. 

Rule 10. To start the game the ball shall be 
placed in the middle of a straight line drawn 
through the center of each goal, and at the 
whistle of the referee shall be charged upon by 
a player from»each team. 



HENIiEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 41 

Rule ii. To constitute a championship 
match, three out of five goals must be won by 
one of the competing teams, unless a different 
agreement be made by the captains, in presence 
of the referee, previous to the beginning of the 
match. Unless a goal be won meantime, the 
referee shall call game at the end of each half 
hour. The rest between goals, or when play is 
called at half-hour limits, shall not be over five 
minutes. If three out of five goals be the game 
played, if at the final call of game by the referee, 
one team shall have won two goals to none for 
the other, the winners of the two goals shall be 
considered the winners of the match. If there 
be a postponement by the referee, the match 
shall be renewed where it terminated; but the 
personnel of each team must be the same. 

Rule 12. A goal is won by the passage of 
the ball between the goal posts. 

Rule 13. If the ball go out of bounds, the 
referee shall blow his whistle to call game, and 
place the ball opposite the point where it went 
out, at least four feet from the rail. In recom- 
mencing play, the players who do so must stand 
in position to knock the ball lengthwise of the 
surface, with their backs toward the sides. 

Rui-E 14. Game shall be called by the 
referee whenever a foul occurs. Upon the re- 



42 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

newal of a game the ball must be placed where 
the foul occurred. 

Rule 15. It shall be deemed a foul: t, if 
any player stop or strike the ball when any 
part of his person is touching the surface; 2, 
if any player catch or bat the ball with his 
hands or arms, though he is permitted to stop 
the ball with either his skates, hands, arms, or 
any part of his person; 3, if any player kick 
the ball with his foot or skate ; 4, if any player 
intentionally avoid Rule 6. 

Rule 16. Any act by any player that is 
manifestly intended as an unwarrantable inter- 
ference by one player with another may be 
declared a foul by the referee from his own 
observation, or upon complaint by the captain 
of the offended side. 

Rule 17. Three fouls, other than when the 
ball leaves the bounds, made by either side 
during a contest for a goal, shall constitute a 
goal for the opposite side. 

Rule. 18. If a dispute shall arise upon the 
surface, it shall be settled by the referee and 
the two captains. The players shall immedi- 
ately resume their positions on the floor, and 
take no part in the discussion unless called 
upon by the referee. 

Rule 19. If the referee decides that a foul 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 43 

is made in the goal by the goal-tend, or by any 
player taking his place for the time being, it 
shall be adjudged as a goal for the opposite team. 

Rule 20. If any club refuses to play a 
schedule game, or to abide by the decision of 
the referee — which, in all cases, shall be final — 
they shall forfeit the game, and be hable to 
expulsion from the league. 

Rule 21. In case of an injury to any player, 
a substitute may be appointed. 

Rule 22. The skates of each club shall be 
examined by the referee before the game com- 
mences. No player shall be allowed to leave 
the surface, except in case of injury, without 
permission of the referee. When any player or 
his substitute returns to the floor, his skates 
shall again undergo inspection by the referee. 

Rule 23. In the event of any player acting 
in an ungentlemanly manner sufficient to attract 
the attention of the audience, he maybe ordered 
from the surface by the referee, and no substi- 
tute shall be allowed in his place. 

Rule 24. All championship games shall be 
commenced with a new regulation League ball, 
taken from a sealed box, bearing the signature 
of the Secretary of the League, by the referee 
of the game, in the presence of the audience. 
The winning team shall be the possessor of the 
ball. 



44 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 



RULES OF MASSACHUSETTS LEAGUE. 



Rule i. Each team shall consist of six play- 
ers, to be designated as follows : One goal-tend, 
one half-back, one cover-point, one point, two 
rushers. 

Rule 2. The ball shall be the regulation 
rubber-covered polo ball. The sticks shall not 
exceed four feet in length or one inch in diam- 
eter, and shall not exceed twelve ounces in 
weight. The crook of the stick shall not be cov- 
ered with any leather, twine, or metalic substance. 

Rule 3. The goal shall be the cage goal, 
and shall be three feet in height and six feet in 
width, and the front end of the cage shall be 
placed not less than ten feet from the end of the 
surface. Or the goal may be composed of two 
upright posts, three feet high, and not more 
than two inches in diameter, set in blocks not 
over ten inches square and two inches thick. 
They shall be placed in Hne, six feet apart, 
measuring from the posts, and not less than ten 
feet from the end of the surface. 

Rule 4. Only one person shall tend goal at 
a time. 

Rule 5. With the center of the goal line as 
a center, a half circle shall be described whose 
radius shall be three and one-half feet. It shall 
be drawn in front of the goal line, and no player, 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 45 

on either side, save the goal-tend who is guard- 
ing the goal, shall be allowed inside the circle. 

Rule 6. The Executive Committee shall ap- 
point official referees. No person except the 
players and referee shall be permitted on the 
surface unless assistance is to be rendered in 
case of accident, or upon mutual invitation of 
the captains and referee. The referee shall 
start and call the game, and settle all disputed 
ponits. If a match is prolonged, and neither 
side adjudged the winner, he shall call the game, 
and postpone the match to some definite time 
within thirty days. If there be a postponement 
by the referee, the match shall be played over 
again, tht perso7tJiel oi tdich. club being the same. 

Rule 7. The referee shall toss for the posi- 
tion of the teams in presence of the captains, 
and the positions shall be reversed after each 
goal. The home club shall escort the visiting 
cUib to their goal. The players shall skate in 
line to a line even with the goal, and at a whistle 
from the referee shall proceed to the spots 
marked on the surface. The players shall occupy 
relatively the same positions in each rink, start- 
ing from spots on the floor. 

Rule 8. To start the game the ball shall be 
placed at the center of a straight line, drawn 
through the center of each goal, the referee 



46 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

shall give a warning whistle before the ball is 
spotted, and the starting whistle shall be blown 
without any visible motion. In case either 
rusher starts before the starting whistle is blown, 
both clubs shall be recalled by the referee, and 
another start made, and so continued until both 
rushers start at the same time. In all cases the 
rusher must start from the left hand side of his 
goal. 

Rule 9. To constitute a match, three out of 
five goals must be won by one of the competing 
teams. The rests between goals shall not be 
longer than is absolutely necessary for the play- 
ers to get into position. 

Rule 10. A goal is won by the passage of 
the ball into the polo goal, and its remaining 
there. 

Rule ii. If the ball go out of bounds, the 
referee shall blow his whistle to call the game, 
and place the ball at the point opposite where 
it went out, four feet from the rail. In recom- 
mencing play, the players who do so must stand 
with their backs toward the sides, but may knock 
the ball in any direction they choose. 

Rule 12. Game shall be called by the 
referee whenever a foul occurs, or whenever 
one is claimed, unless the referee is satisfied by 
his own observation at the moment that no just 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 47 

claim exists. Game shall also be called by the 
referee whenever any player calls for time on 
account of injury to himself, clothing, sticks, or 
skates; but whether the game be called either 
for foul or injury, the play shall not be consid- 
ered stopped until the referee's whistle is blown. 
Upon claim of foul, the ball shall be placed 
where the foul occurred. 

Rule 13. If a goal is claimed and disallowed 
by the referee, and the game is to be renewed, 
the ball shall be placed upon the spot from 
whence it was struck. 

Rule 14. It shall be deemed a foul: i, if 
any person strike or stop the ball while any por- 
tion of his person is touching the surface; 2, if 
any person catch, bat, or otherwise play the ball 
with his hands or arms; 3, if any player, save 
the goal-tend, who may do so, kick the ball with 
his foot or skate, though he may stop the ball 
with either; 4, if any player strike down upon 
the stick of an opponent; 5, if any player push 
his stick between another player's legs, or be- 
tween his arms and body; 6, if any player 
trip or strike another intentionally; 7, if any 
player throw his stick at the ball, or in the path- 
way of another player; 8, if any player run 
against another and knock him down intention- 
ally, or pull another with his hands; 9, if any 



48 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

player run into an opponent's goal; lo, if any 
player call time for any other reason than those 
given above. 

Rule 15. "Any act, by any player, that is 
manifestly intended as an unwarrantable inter- 
ference by one player with another, must be 
declared a foul by the referee, upon complaint 
of any player of the offended side, or upon 
coming to the notice of the referee. 

Rule 16. Three fouls, other than when the 
ball leaves the surface, made by either side dur- 
ing a contest for a goal, shall constitute a goal 
for the opposite side. 

Rule 17. If the referee decide that a foul 
prevented the goal from being made, it shall be 
adjudged as a goal for the opposite side. 

Rule 18. If any club refuse to abide by the 
decision of the referee, which in all cases shall 
be final, the game shall be forfeited to the 
opposing club. 

Rule 19. In case of injury to any player, 
one of the regular substitutes may take his 
place, and in the event of sickness or inability 
of any substitute to be present, any player may 
be selected, with the consent of the opposing 
captain, given in presence of the referee. 

Rule 20. Any player who shall use vulgar 
or improper language, or be in any way bolster- 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 49 

ous or ungentlemanly, or who shall show signs 
of intoxication during the progress of any 
tournament game, shall be removed from the 
surface by the referee, and suspended from 
further playing until after a hearing by a dis- 
interested committee of three, appointed by the 
League. 

Rule 21. The skates shall be fitted with 
common boxwood rollers, which shall turn 
freely upon the spindles. They shall not be 
plugged, rosined or sanded, or differ in any way 
from the common skates. No appliance of any 
kind for stopping or starting shall be allowed 
on either shoe or skate, and no player shall 
wear a shoe beyond his ordinary length. 

Rule 22. Before each game the referee 
shall examine the skates of both clubs carefully, 
and if any member of either club shall have 
skates that violate the above rule, the referee 
shall award the game to the opposing club. 
In case both clubs violate Rule 21, they shall 
both forfeit a game from their total Hst. No 
player shall leave the surface after the referee's 
examination except by permission of the referee, 
and his skates shall be re-examined upon re- 
turning. 

Rule. 23. Any club violating any of the 
above rules, shall forfeit the game at the discre- 
tion of the referee. 



50 HENLEY'S OFFIOIAIi POLO GUIDE. 

Rule 24. Any player who fights, swears, 
brawls, or behaves in any ungentlemanly man- 
ner, so as to attract the notice of the public, 
shall be ordered from the floor by the referee, 
and a substitute put on in his place, or in case 
no substitute is present, the game shall be 
played with the remaining men. 

Rule 25. When the audience behave in a 
rude and boisterous manner toward a visiting 
club, the referee shall stop the game, and the 
play shall not proceed until the visitors are 
treated in a respectful manner. 

Rule 26. When a dispute arises on the 
floor, the members of both teams, except the 
two captains, shall fall back to their places, and 
take no part in the discussion whatever, unless 
called upon by the referee. 

Rule 27. The goal tender shall not play 
habitually in any other than an upright position, 
nor shall he fall down to stop a ball. 

Rule 28. If for any reason the league 
scheduled game is not played, an exhibition 
game shall be played, and any club refusing to 
play such game shall forfeit its right and privi- 
leges in the league. 

Rule 29. No man shall be a member of, or 
play with any other than his regular league club. 

Rule 30. The Secretary of each club shall 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 51 

send to the Secretary of the Association names 
of its members, not to exceed ten men, and 
they shall be recorded by the Secretary of the 
Association as the regular members of said club. 
Any club may add new members to fill existing 
vacancies, but they shall not be taken from any 
other league club. The names of the new 
members shall be forwarded to the Secretary of 
the League at once, together with the names of 
the players who have withdrawn. 

Rule 31. The Arbitration Committee shall 
have the power to suspend or dismiss any referee 
for cause, and appoint a new one in his place ; 
but such suspension or dismission shall not affect 
any of his decisions. 

Rule 32. Any or all the above rules may 
be changed by the Executive Committee. 



OFFICIAL REVISED RULES OF 1885, 

As Adopted by the New England, Southern New 
England, and Western New England Leagues 
of Polo Clubs. 



Rule i. Each team shall consist of six 
players, to be designated as follows : One goal- 
tend, two half-backs, one cover-point, two rush- 
ers. 



52 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

Rule 2. The ball shall be the regulation 
rubber-covered polo ball. 

Rule 3. The sticks shall not exceed four 
feet in length, or one inch and one-eighth in di- 
ameter, or fifteen ounces in weight. The crook 
of the stick must be covered with leather, but 
no metalic substance will be allowed near that 
end of the stick. 

Rule 4. The goal shall be the cage goal, 
three feet high and six feet long. 

Rule 5. In playing a game, the front of 
the cage must be not less than ten feet from 
the end, and equi-distant from the sides of the 
playing surface of the rink. 

Rule 6. No person shall play in a champion- 
ship match who has played on any other team 
in this association, in a championship match, 
within thirty days previous to the match, and he 
must also have been a regular member of the team 
not less than fifteen days before said match, 
unless by consent, given in the presence of the 
referee, by the captains. 

Rule 7. No player except the goal-tend 
shall be allowed within a semi-circle plainly in- 
dicated in front of the goal, the radius of which 
must be three feet from the center of the goal 
line, except at such times as the ball may be 
within said semi-circle. 



HENIiEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 53 

Rule 8. There shall be an official referee, 
and also a time-keeper. No person but the 
players and referee shall be permitted on the 
surface during a match, unless assistance is to 
be rendered in case of accident, or unless upon 
mutual invitation of the captains and referee. 
The referee shall start and call the game, and 
settle all disputed points. If a championship 
match is prolonged, and neither side is adjudged 
a winner, he shall call the game and postpone 
the match to some definite time within thirty 
days. 

Rule 9. There shall be a corps of official 
referees appointed by the Executive Commit- 
tee. The expense of an official referee shall 
be paid by the manager of the rink in which 
the game is played. If an official referee fails 
to appear at any game, there shall be a referee 
appointed by the manager of the home rink, 
but said referee must not be connected in any 
way with said home rink. 

Rule 10. The referee shall toss for the posi- 
tion of the teams in presence of the captains, 
and the positions shall be reversed after each 
goal. 

Rule ii. To start the game, the ball shall 
be placed at the middle of a straight line drawn 
through the center of each goal, and at the 



54 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

whistle of the referee shall be charged upon by 
a player from each team. 

Rule 12. To constitute a championship 
match three out of five goals must be won by one 
of the competing teams, unless a different agree- 
ment be made by the captains, in presence of 
the referee, previous to the beginning of the 
match. Unless a goal be won meantime the 
referee shall call game at the end of each half 
hour. The rests between goals or when play is 
called at the half hour limit shall not be over 
five minutes. If three out of five goals be the 
game played, if at the final call of game by 
the referee one team shall have won two goals 
to none for the other, the winners of the two 
goals shall be considered the winners of the 
match. If there be a postponement by the 
referee the match shall be renewed where it 
terminated, but the personnel of each team must 
be the same. 

Rule 13. A goal is won by the passage of 
the ball into the cage, where it must remain 
until removed by the referee. If any player 
interfere with the ball when it is in the cage, 
or removes or attempt to remove the ball from 
the cage, the goal shall be given to the oppos- 
ing side, and he shall be ordered from the floor 
by the referee, and no substitute allowed in his 
place. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 55 

Rule 14. If the ball go out of bounds the 
referee shall blow his whistle to call game, and 
place the ball at the point opposite where it 
went out, at least four feet from the rail. In 
re-commencing play, the players who do so 
must stand in position to knock the ball length- 
wise of the surface, with their backs toward the 
sides. 

Rule 15. Game shall be called by the ref- 
eree whenever a foul occurs. Upon the renewal 
of the game the ball must be placed where 
the foul occurred. 

Rule 16. It shall be deemed a foul: i, if 
any player stop or strike the ball when any part 
of his person is touching the surface; 2, if any 
player catch or bat the ball with his hands or 
arms, though he is permitted to stop the ball 
with either his skates, hands, arms, or any part 
of his person; 3, If any player, save the goal- 
tend, who may do so, kick the ball with his foot 
or skate ; 4, if any player intentionally violates 
Rule 7. 

Rule i 7. Any act by any player that is man- 
ifestly intended as an unwarrantable interfer- 
ence by one player with another may be de- 
clared a foul by the referee, from his own ob- 
servation, or upon complaint by the captain of 
the offended side. 



56 HENIiEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

Rule i8. Three fouls, other than when the 
ball leaves the bounds, made by either side 
during a contest for a goal, shall constitute a 
goal for the opposing side. 

Rule 19. If a dispute shall arise upon the 
surface, it shall be settled by the referee and the 
two captains. The players shall immediately 
resume their positions on the floor, and take no 
part in the discussion unless called upon by the 
referee. 

Rule 20. If the referee decides that a foul 
is made in the goal by the goal-tend, or by any 
player taking his place for the time being, it 
shall be adjudged as a goal for the opposite 
team. 

Rule 21. If any club refuses to play a 
schedule game, or to abide by the decision of 
the referee, which in all cases shall be final, they 
shall forfeit the game, and be liable to expul- 
sion from the league. 

Rule 22. In case of an injury to any player, 
a substitute may be appointed. 

Rule 23. All games shall be played upon 
regular rink skates, without any extra appliances, 
and having plain revolving boxwood rollers, not 
less than one and three-quarter inches in diam- 
eter, and not exceeding one inch in width, and 
no others will be allowed. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 5/ 

Rule 24. The skates of each club shall be 
examined by the referee before the game com- 
mences. No player shall be allowed to leave 
the surface, except in case of injury, without 
permission of the referee. When any player or 
his substitute returns to the floor his skates shall 
again undergo inspection by the referee. 

Rule 25. In the event of any player using 
profane or obscene language upon the floor, or 
acting in any ungentlemanly manner, sufficient 
to attract the attention of the audience, he may 
be ordered from the surface by the referee, and 
no substitute shall be allowed in his place. 

Rule 26. All championship games shall be 
commenced with a new regulation league ball, 
taken from a sealed box, bearing the signature 
of the Secretary of the League, by the referee 
of the game, in the presence of the audience. 
The winning team shall be the possessor of the 
ball. 






RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR 
ROLLER SKATING RINKS. 



1. Skating begins with one stroke of the 
gong, and ceases at two strokes of the gong. 

2. No smoking allowed in or about the 
premises. 

3. Gentlemen will not soil the floor with to- 
bacco, and others will not be permitted to do so. 

4. Crowding, loud talking, or other rude or 
noisy demonstrations are forbidden. 

5. In putting on skates, see that the buckles 
are upon the outside of the foot. 

6. No one should stand, even for a moment, 
upon the floor, within skating limits, or so as to 
obstruct the entrance to the surface or the view 
of others. 

7. Never cross the floor in passing to or 
from a seat; always follow the direction of the 
skaters. 

8. Spitting, or throwing any substance what- 
ever upon the floor is dangerous, and will not 
be permitted. 

9. Going up or down stairs with skates on 
is dangerous, and is strictly prohibited. 

10. No cane, stick, string, or other similar 
article should be taken upon the floor. 

11. In skating around the circuit all will ob- 
serve a uniform direction, taking great care 
never to interfere with the movements of others. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 59 

12. No skater should stop, even for an in- 
stant, in the circuit, except to assist a lady. 

13. Pushing, tripping, racing, tagging, or 
taking hold of others' garments, or any danger- 
ous actions, are strictly forbidden. 

14. Most falls occur from the feet being 
parallel with each other, or nearly so, as in this 
position one foot cannot check the movement 
of the other; hence, before attempting to stand 
upon the skates, the beginner should place the 
heels together, with the feet at right angles, in 
which position they should always be while get- 
ting up, sitting down, or standing upon skates. 

15. Skating by four, or more than two to- 
gether, should be avoided, while skating in 
couples should be practiced as much as possi- 
ble by all sufficiently advanced, as there is no 
way in which a lady and gentleman can make 
so graceful and attractive an appearance. 

16. On removing the skates, return them to 
the skate room, with the heel strap of one skate 
buckled and tucked firmly into the buckle of 
the other skate, to prevent mismating. 

17. A cheerful compliance with the above, 
and a careful regard for the comfort and enjoy- 
ment of others, is respectfully requested. 

18. None but those known, or supposed by 
the management to be acceptable to a majority 
of the patrons, can be admitted and furnished 
with skates. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 61 

POLO AND RACING SKATE. 



THE LATEST AND BEST. 



JHHIS light running and durable Skate com- 
I bines all of the advantages of the cele- 
brated Monarch and Challenge Roller Skates, 
and is especially adapted and intended for 
Polo Playing and Speed Skating. By the addi- 
tion of the stiffening rod the spring steel foot- 
board is strengthened to meet the demands of 
Polo, Speed, and Acrobatic Skaters, yet retain- 
ing a desirable elasticity, making the skate soft 
and easy to the foot. Fitted with roll-bearing 
wheels, the speediest skate in the market is se- 
cured, and this skate is offered to the public as 
the most complete and perfect Polo and Racing 
Skate ever manufactured, combining greater 
points of beauty, finish, style, and durabiUty 
than all others, and is sure to meet that favor 
and approval its merits deserve. 



HENLEY 



^^^^^^ 



POLO GOODS. 




$1.00 Each. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 



63 





No. 3. 



HENLEY HENLEY 

Regulation Eoal Posts. Regulation Stick. 



5. GO per Set 

of Four Posts. 



50 cts. eacli. 



64 HENIiEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

REGULATIOI 

Cage Goals 

Adopted and Used by all Olubs 
belonging to 

Leading Polo Leagues. 



For prices and full particulars, address 



M. C. HENLEY, 

523 TO 533 NORTH SIXTEENTH STREET, 

Richmond, Ind. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 65 

Complete Unifoiims pos 
IPoLo Clubs. 



WORSTED, 

Consisting of Jersey, with one letter on breast; 
Knee Tights, plain colors; Cap, with or without 
stripe; Stockings, fine quahty. 

PRICE, PER UNIFORM, $10.00. 



FLANNEL, 

Consisting of Shirt, with one letter on breast; 
Pants, Cap, Stockings; Double Buckle Belt. 

PRICE, PER UNIFORM, $9.00. 



WHEN ORDERING SUITS 

Please give full instructions in regard to meas- 
urements, colors, etc. 



Extra fine Polo Caps; fine blue cloth, with gold 
cord over top; each, $i.oo. 



Send Fifty Cents for 



ilenley'l JSanual 

O F 

RoUeF §l^a!ing. 

The Most Oompreliensive and Complete Skate Manual 
Ever Issued. 

EDUCATES THE BEGINNER - IMPROVES THE EXPERT, 



Synopsis of Contents. 

Chapter I.— A Brief History of Skating. 

Cliaptei* II. — General Remarks on Roller Skating — 
Value of Health — Exercise Necessary to Health — Amusement 
Necessary to Health — Skating as a Superior Exercise — The 
Roller Skating Rink— Moral View of the Skating Rink— Skating 
Clubs. 

Chapter HI. — Hygiene of the Rink — How to Catch 
Cold — How to Cure a Cold — Avoid Exhaustion — Avoid Tight 
Lacing — Avoid Ice Water — Position of the Body — One-Sided- 
ness — Rapidity Incompatible with Grace — How to Practice — 
Dress. 

Chapter IV.— The Elementary Principles — The Roll — 
The Compound Curve— The Lap-Foot— Change of Heel and 
Toe — Pivot-Foot — Reverse-Foot — The Extra Pu sh — The Polka 
Step — The Turn — The Halt-Foot — The Split — The Whirl. 

Chapter V. — The General Variations — Comprising full 
and explicit Instructions for the Mastering of the many and varied 
Movements described, enabling the Student to easily and rapidly 
advance from the plainer and simpler Movements to the more diffi- 
cult and intricate Scientific and Artistic Combinations. 

Chapter VI. — Plain Single, or Instructions to Begin- 
ners— The Outside Roll — Inside Roll — Lap-Foot Circle to the 
Left — Lap-Foot Circle to the Right. 

Chapter VII. —Fancy Single— Continuous Two-Foot Field 
Movements — Continuous One-Foot Field Movements — Broken 
Two-Foot Field Movements— Broken One-Foot Field Movements. 

Chapter VIII.— Fancy Single Figures (Continuous.) 

Chapter IX.— Plain Combination — The Figure Eights— 
THE EXPERT'S EXHIBITION, containing seven Rules, 
which, if properly observed, lead to success— List of Movements, 
embracing all of the movements known to Professional Skaters. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 67 

THE CELEBRATED 

Henley Roller Skates 



From the '■'■Manufacturers' Record.'''' 
rUHE past year has been a very eventful one in the 
Y history of Roller Skating. This attractive, health- 
ful, and innocent recreation has taken such a firm and 
permanent hold on the American people that it is novs^ 
fully I'ecognized and established as the great National 
amusement. 

The demand for good Roller Skates has been enor- 
mous, and far in excess of the supply thus far. This 
unprecedented demand has induced many persons to 
embark in their manufacture, and has resulted in throw- 
ing on the market a large number of cheap and worth- 
less skates — most of them being poor imitations of the 
better class of goods, and consequently dealers, and 
most rink owners, have confined themselves to the pur- 
chase of skates made by the leading and older manufac- 
turers, of which M. C. Henley, of Richmond, Ind., 
stands preeminently foremost as the most widely-known 
and largest manufacturer in the world. 

We have heretofore noted in our columns that Mr. 
Henley has contributed more to the advancement of 
Roller Skating than all others by introducing to the 
public the celebrated Monarch and Challenge 



68 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

• 
Roller Skates, the most durable and complete 
skates ever put on the market. Not less than one mil- 
lion pairs of the Henley Skates are in actual use in the 
various leading rinks of this and other countries, and 
the continued and rapidly increasing demand for them 
attests their popularity and superiority. 

The elegant new factory building, erected by Mr. 
Henley last year, has proved totally inadequate for the 
trade, and he has been compelled to build a very large 
addition — making a brick building, in the aggregate, 
50x250 feet, four stories in height, slate roofed, with 
a fine 7 5 -horse power engine, and completely fitted with 
an immense amount of new and most approved ma- 
chinery. It has a capacity of turning out 2,000 pairs of 
Rink Skates, and 500 pairs of Club Skates per day, and 
giving employment to 300 skilled and efficient work- 
men. 

A detailed description of the various kinds and styles 
of skates and skate goods manufactured at this famous 
establishment need not be given here, as their value, 
elegance of design and workmanship, durability, and 
general utility are too well known and acknowledged to 
require any commendation at our hands. Suffice it to 
say, that the Henley Skate leads the trade, and has 
been adopted on its merits, and is in general use in most 
of the Rinks everywhere. It is quite a safe assertion 
that there are more of the Henley Skates in practical 
and successful use to-day than all others combined. 

Mr. Henley is constantly making valuable additions 
and improvements on his skates and patents, and he will 
doubtless not only keep the manufacture of his goods up 
to their present high standard, but will, also, if it is 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 



69 



possible to do so, increase their efficiency and good qual- 
ities. He has recently perfected and placed on the 
market the new style skate, known as the "Monarch," 
having an encased rubber cushion, which has been 
received with great favor. He is also making an ele- 
gant expert skate for fancy and acrobatic skating, and 
racing. The Henley Sidewalk Skate has also been 
placed on the market, and is a superior skate of the 
kind. 

In concluding this very limited notice of the Henley 
Skate, we wish to congratulate Mr. Henley on his 
great success in the past, and wish him continued and 
increased prosperity. 




70 henijEy's official polo guide. 

THE HENLEY 

MONARCH ROLLER SKATE, 




The Only Completely Boxed Rubber Skate 
on the Market. 



PRESERVES THE RUBBER 

ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM OIL AND DIRT. 

THE PERFECT SKATE. 

THE EXPERT'S FAVORITE. 



The Culmination of Years of Study, Practical Experience, 
and Skatorial Skill. * 



Send 4c. stamp for 64-page Catalogue of Monarch and 
Challenge Roller Skates, Rink Supplies, Skater's Outfits, 
Polo Goods, etc., etc. 

No. 523 to 533 JJ. 16 St., 

RTCHMOXD, INDIAIS^A, U. S. A. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 71 

POINTS OP SUPERIORITY OF THE 

HENLEY 

MONARCH ROLLER SKATE 

OVER ALL OTHERS. 
/J- 



J 



By the use of rubber springs the requisite tilting or 
lateral motion is secured, and the skate is easily changed 
to suit a heavy or light person, and the skate will turn a 
two-foot circle, and all the wheels rest square on the floor. 

The rubber springs being completely boxed, are abso- 
lutely free from oil and dirt, and fully protected from w^ear. 

The truck and frame can be instantly removed by 
simply draw^ing back the coupling pin, ^vhich is held in 
position by a strong w^ire spring, and the rubber springs 
can be adjusted or replaced in a moment. 

By the use of a tension screw the skate is easily 
adapted to persons of heavy or light weight. 

The boxw^ood w^heels are provided w^ith metal boxes, 
making the skate very light running and durable. It is 
admirably adapted to amateur and fancy skating, as the 
tension of the rubber springs can be graduated to suit 
any skater. 

It is symmetrical in its proportions, elegant in its 
style, of superior workmanship, strong and durable, and is 

The Monarch Roller Skate of the World. 



72 HENIiEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

THE IMPROVED 

3Ff eijley OhalleDge poller ^kate, 




Over 500,000 Pairs 

NOW I]^ USE. 



This Light Running-, Adjustable, Improved Roller 

Skate is offered to the Public on Its 

Established Merit. 

The Success of the Past, a Guarantee of tfee Future. 




HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 



Points of^ Superiority 



I ^HENLEY^ I 



Challenge Skate 



OVER ALL OTHERS. 




By the use of rubber springs 
the requisite tilting or lateral mo- 
tion is secured, and the skate is 
easily changed to suit a heavy or 
light person, and the largest skate 
will turn a two-foot circle, and all 
the w^heels rest square on the floor. 
The truck and frame can be in- 
stantly removed by simply draw^- 
ing back 
the coup- 
ling pin, 
which i s 
held in po- 
sition by a 
strongwire 
spring, and 
the rubber 
spring can 

be adjusted or replaced in a moment. The BOXWOOD 
^VHEELS are provided with METAL BOXES, making 
the skate very light running and durable. It is admira- 
bly adapted to amateur and fancy skating, as the tension 
of the rubber spring can be graduated to suit any skater. 
It is symmetrical in its proportions, elegant in its 
style, of superior workmanship, strong and durable, and 
is THE CHALLENGE ROLLER SKATE OF THE 
WORLD. 



74 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 



Endorsement of Prof. Fletcher. 



B 



N a recent letter, containing an order for a pair of 
Skates each for himself and wife, for use on the stage, 
Professor Fletcher, who is acknowledged to be the 
best and most accomplished Roller Skater in the world, 
and whose wonderful, graceful, and phenomenal per- 
formances on Roller Skates have astonished and de- 
lighted vast audiences in Europe and America, says of 
the Henley Skate : 

"After having tried, I believe, every style and kind of 
Skate worthy of attention in this country and England, 
1 freely pronounce the Henley Skate to be far superior 
to them all, and will use no other hereafter. It is 
lighter running, quicker in movement, and in every re- 
spect better than any other. You have my unqualified 
and hearty endorsement for your valuable Skate, and I 
am under obligations to you for furnishing me with what 
I have been seeking, namely : a perfect, graceful, and 
scientific Skate, not only eminently fitted for finest per- 
formances on the stage, but also for all practical skating, 
and especially for use in public halls and Roller Skating 
Rinks. " 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 75 

BISHOP McTYEIR SAYS: 



C^*"/i LLOW me to commend to you 
(TTvT and your readers the Roller 
^**^ Skating. It can — it should — 
substitute dancing as an exercise and 
amusement for the young people of 
both sexes. It furnishes in-door grace- 
ful, lively exercise, both muscular and 
nervous excitement, and leaves no ex- 
cuse for dancing. I wish there was a 
skating rink in every village and board- 
ing school. — Letter to Christian Advocate, 
April 7th, 1870. 






76 HENLEY'S OFFICIAIi POIiO GUIDE. 



-Reasons y/Ky 



THE 



HENLEY*11oLLE11* SKilTES 



ARE THE BEST. 



FIRST. 



Because — They are easy-running, li^ht, neat, and dura- 
ble. 

SECOND. 

Because — They are made of the best material, are ele- 
gant in their proportions, and superior in style. 

THIRD . 

Because — By use of the pressure plate, they are easily 
adapted to persons of heavy or light weight. 

FOURTH. 



Because — Their wheels of Turkish boxwood, with Bab- 
bitt metal boxes, are far more durable and 
light -running, while every part is admirably in 
proportion, combining strength, durability, 
and symmetry. 

FIFT H. 

Because — They have been universally adopted when used 
in competition with any other style of skate, 
and stand unrivalled, and occupy the proud 
position of the Monarch and Challenge 
Roller Skates of the World ! 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 



How to Order Goods. 

Terms, net cash on delivery of goods. Freight or 
Express charges always to be paid by the purchaser. 

Jl6i" All goods sent C. O. D., unless the order is accom- 
panied by P. O. Order, or Draft. When goods are to 
be sent C. O. D., one-third the amount must accompany 
the order. 

i8^ Always give name of Express Com- 
pany yovi wish goods shipped by. 

The Adams and United States are the only companies 
having offices in this city. These offices receive goods 
for all other Express Companies. 

Goods may also be sent by Freight, if desired, when 
the order is accompanied by one- third the amount. A 
draft for the balance will be attached to the bill of 
lading and sent to bank for collection, and upon pay- 
ment of same the bill of lading will be delivered to the 
purchaser. 

It often occurs that goods shipped by freight are de- 
layed in transit. To prevent such delays it is always 
best to ship by Express. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 

fi®"I request that all parties ordering sundries, parts, 
repairs, etc., will send CASH IIS" ADVANCE, 

to prevent any delay caused by sending invoice. In 
making remittances always send P. O. Order, Ex. M. 
Order, or Draft. No checks will be accepted. 

S^ No order amounting to less than TEN DOL- 
LARS will be filled unless accompanied by a remit- 
tance for the full amount. I do not wish to open any 
small accounts, as it causes such an amount of unneces- 
sary and expensive detail. If too much money should 
be sent, the balance will be returned. 



78 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 



Valuable Hints for Skaters. 



SKATING MADE EASY. 

To learn to acquire the art, require;s on the gentleman's 
part a not too tight cut pair of pantaloons of very strong 
grade of cloth," as the different positions in which he 
strikes at various times test to the fullest capacity that 
article of apparel in which his lower limbs are clothed. 
The lady skater should don her most springy bustle, put 
in a double amount of hair pins, and in such a manner 
that a sudden blow on the head will not drive them into 
her skull. Patched underskirts, torn Hamburg, and 
darned stockings, and old boots should be conspicuous 
by their absence. Man has been so arranged by his 
tailor, that when, in a moment of abstraction, he involun- 
tarily sits down and slides along for a considerable dis- 
tance, he preserves his same general appearance; but 
with lovely woman, under the same circumstances, how 
otherwise ! A photograph of her after a disastrous tum- 
ble would not be recognized by her most intimate friend. 
Girls, when you skate, dress well. As a friend of the 
sex, I offer this hint. If you don't believe me, ask 
somebody else who doesn't lie as badly as I do. But 
don't give up skating. After you learn, you don't know 
how bewitching you look — when you don't tumble. 
There is no place that a woman looks so graceful as when 
skating — when she skates well. I will not except when 
she is trying to throw a stone. And boys, go and learn. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 79 

You have more amusements than the girls, but, never- 
theless, go and learn. You can dance, and lie, and 
swear, and gamble, and get drunk, and smoke, and play 
billiards, but still roller-skating does well to fill in the 
spare time. I don't ever expect to be an expert skater, 
but I can help pay the bills and go home with the girls 
just as well as the best professional roller skater in 
America. 

And aside from the fun of skating, the occasional 
tumble of some enemy will repay the outlay. There 
are few joys in this life here that can excel those ecstatic 
moments when you see your enemy, who has partially 
learned, and acquired the art of going quite rapidly, but 
has not learned that equally as necessary art — I mean of 
stopping. A skater will go ahead as fast as a boy to the 
dentist to have his first tooth out, but it is as hard for 
him to stop as it is the interest on the national debt. 
When occasion requires him to suddenly stop, he natu- 
rally rises a bit on the hind rollers, and then the fun 
begins. His heels shoot ahead, his head flies back, he 
describes circles with his arms in the air. He keeps 
pulling his heels back, but they won't stay. They rattle 
on the floor like tin thunder in a theatre. All the time 
he is going over backwards. He thi'ows out his stomach, 
he bends his ?iead forward, his knees crook, and finally 
his heels slip from the floor like a slice of raw liver from 
a plate, and, with a crash like a ten-strike in a bowling- 
alley, all of him lies on the* floor in as wrecked a condi- 
tion as is possible to imagine, and had you contrived the 
whole thing you could not have bettered it. Boys, learn 
to skate. There is lots to it that I have not even alluded 
to. — Ahem! 



HENIiEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 81 



HENLEY'S 






'^TP'^'STr/rMP^ WKf m /n\TfTfTf"Krnr?' 



I 




PATENTED. 



-H^^- 



PERFEETION ATTAINED AT LAST 

In a Fence Machine that any man or boy 

can use, and make more and better 

fence in one day than with any 

other two machines in 

the world. 



82 HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

I do not claim to have the only machine for weaving 
the vi^ire and picket fence, as there are other machines 
in use which make the fence in strips or rolls of about 
50 feet, and these are stretched from post to post and 
nailed up. The expense of such machines is beyond the 
reach of the average farmer, and besides this they can 
not make a fence that will in any way compare with the 
fence made by the Monarch machine. There are other 
machines which attempt to make a fence somewhat sim- 
ilar to the Monarch, but they have proven worthless 
and are flat failures as compared with the Monarch, as 
will be fully shown by the following 

OOMMON-SENSE EEASONS WHY 



HENLEY MONARCH FENCE MACHINE 

Is the Best and Has No Equal. 

[. BECAUSE the wire is stretched the full length of 
the field before the weaving is commenced. 

>. BECAUSE any sized wire can be used, and with this 
advantage : using a large size wire, the strongest 
fence can be made. 

5. BECAUSE any size, length, or style of picket, or 
slat, or board, can be used, weaving all equally 
firm and solid. 

j.. BECAUSE the picket or slat can be woven in more 
firmly and solidly than in any other machine. 



HENLEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 83 

5. BECAUSE it will make a fence over rough and un- 

even ground, or up and down hill alike, making 
as good a fence as on even, level ground. 

6. BECAUSE the Monarch machine stretches the wire 

tighter, thus making the strongest and best wire 
and picket fence. 

7. BECAUSE any one can operate it, and there are no 

parts to get out of order or repair. 

8. BECAUSE a boy can work it as well as a man, it 

being light and easily managed. 

9. BECAUSE it is made of the very best materials, 
and, with proper care, will last a life-time. 

10. BECAUSE the price is within the reach of every 

farmer. 

11. BECAUSE it is the only machine that forces the 

slat or picket firmly against the wire, thus secur- 
ing the slat in such a solid and permanent manner 
that it can not be pulled out, and breakage is im- 
possible. 

12. BECAUSE the fence made by this machine will turn 

all kinds of stock, and is much stronger than any 
barb wire fence, and completely obviates all dan- 
ger of injury to stock ; and finally, 

BECAUSE it makes the handsomest, best, 
strongest, and most durable fence, and is 
the only first-class, practical Fence Machine 
in the world. 



84 HENIiEY'S OFFICIAL POLO GUIDE. 

The foregoing are only a few of the points of super- 
iority of the Monarch Fence Machine over all others, 
and a trial will convince any one of its merits, and that 
it has no equal. 

The Henley Monarch Fence Machine 

Will weave a handsome picket fence for lawns, gardens, 
and front- of lots, and, with great rapidity and regularity, 
will make the most substantial fence for farms and stock 
ranches. The Monarch machine is making a complete 
revolution in the methods of fencing. The fence made 
by this machine is destined to rapidly supersede all other 
styles and kinds of fence, both wire and board, and the 
cost of machine, and expense of fencing, puts it within 
the power of every farmer to enclose his land with the 
very best and most substantial kind of fencing, at a total 
cost far below that of any other kind. 

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The Seven Ages of the Roller Skater. 



All the world's a rink, 
And all the men and women merely skaters ; 
They have their exits and their entrances ; 
And one man in his time plays many4)arts, 
His acts being seven stages : At first the ragged 
Urchin, rolling 'round the sidewalk on one skate, 
The terror of all the passers by. Then the 
Beginner, led around the maple with 
Awkward steps and sudden plunges, perspiration 
Streaming from his every pore, a sight to look upon. 
And then the callow youth, with cap on head 
Bearing the word "Instructor," in gilt letters. 
Whose duty 'tis, as he considers it, to skate 
With all the pretty girls, and leave the struggling 
Learners to themselves. Then comes the fancy skater. 
The Professor, who travels all the country 'round 
To fill engagements ; a tremendous hero — 
In his own estimation. And then the fair 
Young damsel, who glides around the floor as if 
It was her native element and roller 
Skating her usual mode of locomotion. 
Then the mature matron, with gold eye-glasses, 
Rolling around with stately dignity, 
Gazing with calm placidity upon 
The giddy throng. Last stage of all, that 
Ends this short nonsensicality, is 
Pater familias, or erst the "Governor," 
Who comes to bring the children, 
But, having been enticed to put on skates, 
Still comes, and comes, and comes again, 
And seems to like it. ' A. w. R. 



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INDEX. 



PAGE. 

Introduction 3 

Polo r 5 

Hints . . 8 

Technical Terms used in Polo 15 

Diagram of Polo Surface 16 

Explanation of Diagram 17 

Diagram of Polo Field 18 

Constitution and By-Laws 19 

Playing Rules — 

Western League 23 

Ohio Valley League 28 

New England League 34 

New York League 39 

Massachusetts League 44 

New England, Southern New England, and 

Western New England Leagues 51 

Rules for Roller Skating Rinks 58 

Henley's Polo and Racing Skate 60 

Polo Goods. 62 

Henley's Manual of Roller Skating 66 

The Henley Roller Skate — Wonderful Growth of 

its Manufacture 67 

Henley's Monarch Roller Skate 70 

Henley's Challenge. Roller Skate 72 

Endorsement of Henley Skate by Prof. Fletcher. . . 74 

What Bishop McTyeir Says 75 

Reasons Why the Henley Roller Skates are the Best| 76 

How to Order Goods 77 

Valuable Hints for Skaters 7^ 

Henley's Monarch Fence Machine . 80 

Henley's Illustrated Catalogue 85 

The Seven Ages of the Roller Skater 86 

Standard Military Works by Lieut. H. T. Reed 87 



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